2 day Introduction to
Guiding Mindfulness
Mindfulness Teacher Training Certificate Course based on the latest research and techniques on teaching mindfulness – Courses in Melbourne
MBSR Based Interactive Course Covering Polyvagal Theory, Activities & Practices
Get Accreditation & The Confidence To Teach – Help Others To Find Purpose, Calm & Joy
As the benefits from Mindfulness practices are becoming more widely recognised and known, there is now a real opportunity for anyone who see the value of attention training and mindfulness practice, to get the skills and confidence to help others improve focus, mental resilience and impulse control.
In this 2 day certificate course you will not only be introduced to and learn the the powerful Mindfulness techniques that are helping individuals from all walks of life to have more balance and focus in their lives. You will also receive the tools and training to teach these techniques to anyone around you, including adults, teens and children.
The ability to control attention is one of the key markers of a successful life. Regular mindfulness practices is a proven method to help increase focus and awareness, make it possible to self-regulate and shift attention when caught up in negative thinking and worrying. Mindfulness exercises are designed to train our awareness and the ability to stay calm under stress and turbulence as well as having better sleep and increasing resilience.
This course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms that underpins mindfulness widespread success and application as well as all the exercises that will help you establish your own regular practice and the additional training, tools and resources to successfully guide groups or one to one sessions.
Mindfulness is a proven method to help increase focus and awareness, make it possible to self-regulate and shift attention when caught up in negative thinking and worrying. Mindfulness exercises are designed to train our awareness and the ability to stay calm under stress and turbulence as well as having better sleep and increasing resilience.
The course gives you the background, science, practices and techniques to teach/guide others and to establish a regular practice yourself.
The course is based on the successful program Mindfulness in Australia has been running the past seven years as well as latest research and techniques on teaching mindfulness designed by the original MBSR members
who trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn.
It’s an interactive course and participants who wish to, gets the opportunity to teach/guide classes for first-hand experience.
Tools & Documentation
In these 2 days we will cover so much ground and learn so many things that it would be almost impossible to remember it all afterwards but the best thing is that you don’t need to. You will get printed (or digital if you prefer) documentation on all aspects of what we learnt in the course.
For example:
8 Week Online Course – The Science of Calmness
To facilitate mindfulness sessions with integrity it is crucial to have a practice of your own. This is the secret to successful facilitation. When you register you get access to a complete self-paced online course using easy to follow guided audio exercises. to establish your own mindfulness practice.
INCLUDING:
This online component that you can do in your own time covers for example:
Make a Booking & Receive The Online Component Today!
“My perspective of life has expanded through this practice as I discover more about myself through awareness, non judgement and compassion not only for others but for myself. Thank you Rita”.Melissa M.
In Short-What will you learn?
Mindfulness can’t be learnt by just talking or reading about it. Mindfulness is experiential. To be able to teach mindfulness you need to understand how it works from the inside out. Teaching mindfulness is about guiding people to their own mindfulness practice. It’s about co-creating an environment where mindfulness can ‘happen’. In this ‘safe space’ everyone has the ability to come into a deeper contact with who they really are by continually being offered the possibility of surrendering to the present moment, exactly as it is, without an agenda or expected outcome.
During the two days we will be looking carefully at the basic neuroscience; how purposefully connecting with the body’s self-calming para-sympathetic nervous system leads to- lower stress and anxiety, increased attention and mental clarity, improved social and emotional intelligence and a host of other life-enhancing benefits.
In this course you will learn, as the teacher/guide, how to use language, your voice, authority and authenticity to create an environment, where a deep trust between participants naturally arises as well as a sense of freedom and safety.
To guide mindfulness is like nothing else, it is not teaching in a traditional sense, it is not therapy. It is more like ‘decluttering’ the over-filled, busy mind.
By establishing your own Mindfulness practice and the fundamental understanding of how mindfulness works from a more scientific point of view, you will build the foundation needed to effectively guide others on to their own mindfulness journey.
Benefits such as:
- Decreased stress and anxiety
- Better sleep
- Better self-management
- Less reactivity
- Improved mental resilience
- Increased self-awareness
- Better memory
- Increased attention and focus
- Better conflict resolution skills
are all common and expectable result from regular Mindfulness practice.
Become a Facilitator
This training will give you a resource to improve everyone’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety as well as improve attention and focus and cultivate kindness and empathy. After the training you receive a facilitation pack with manuals, ready to use lesson plans, white papers, posters, articles and tools to use when you run your own mindfulness sessions.
It doesn’t matter if you never have meditated or done one Mindfulness exercise in your life, this course is for anyone who are moved to establish their own Mindfulness practice and get the tools and resources to help others to improve focus, mental resilience and impulse control.
Course in Melbourne
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Melbourne 10-11 December 2024
Tuesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $550
Including: Morning tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, Online Course and Ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
Limited to 12 people
9 seats left
THE VENUE
Kathleen Syme in Carlton is the area’s first creative, learning and community space. Housed in a restored 139-year-old building, the centre features a library and community activity spaces in addition to learning and training rooms
The stunning Victorian-era façade of the former state school has been carefully restored, while inside there is a welcoming and accessible centre for all members of the community.
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COURSES 2024
DECEMBER
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Melbourne 10-11 December 2024
Tuesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $550
Including: Morning tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, Online Course and Ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES 2024
NOVEMBER
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Sydney 6-7 November 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $645
Including: Morning Tea, 8 Week Online Course, Teaching Manual, Lesson Plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES 2025
MARCH
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Sydney 19-20 March 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $550
Including: Morning Tea, 8 Week Online Course, Teaching Manual, Lesson Plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES 2024
NOVEMBER
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Brisbane 12-13 November 2024
Tuesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $645
Including: Morning tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, Online Course and Ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES 2025
MARCH
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course in Brisbane 12-13 March 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: $645
Including: Morning tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, Online Course and Ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES IN 2024
AUGUST
2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Training In Auckland 22-23 August 2024
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Friday: 9.30am-3.30pm
(There will be breaks for morning tea and lunch).
Venue: The Mercy Spirituality Centre in Epsom, Auckland
Cost: $550
Including: Morning Tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, 8 week online course, Tools & Resources and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
SEPTEMBER
2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Training In Auckland 26-27 September 2024
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Friday: 9.30am-3.30pm
(There will be breaks for morning tea and lunch).
Venue: The Mercy Spirituality Centre in Epsom, Auckland
Cost: $550
Including: Morning Tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, 8 week online course, Tools & Resources and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
OCTOBER
2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Training In Auckland 16-17 October 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
(There will be breaks for morning tea and lunch).
Venue: The Mercy Spirituality Centre in Epsom, Auckland
Cost: $550
Including: Morning Tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, 8 week online course, Tools & Resources and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
COURSES IN 2025
MAY
2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Training In Auckland 21-22 May
Wednesday: 9.30am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-3.30pm
(There will be breaks for morning tea and lunch).
Venue: The Mercy Spirituality Centre in Epsom, Auckland
Cost: $495
Including: Morning Tea, Teaching Manual, Eight Week Lesson Plans, 8 week online course, Tools & Resources and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
Choose dates for Zoom trainings:
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2024
AUGUST
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 28-29 August 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
SEPTEMBER
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 11-12 September 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
OCTOBER
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 9-10 October 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
NOVEMBER
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 21-22 November 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 27-28 November 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
DECEMBER
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 11-12 December 2024
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
2025
JANUARY
Weekend Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 11-12 January 2025
Saturday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Sunday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 22-23 January 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
FEBRUARY
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 12-13 February 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 26-27 February 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
MARCH
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 26-27 March 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
APRIL
2 Day Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 16-17 April 2025
Wednesday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Thursday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
MAY
Weekend Virtual Interactive Zoom Course 3-4 May 2025
Saturday: 9.30am-2.30pm (NSW Time)
Sunday: 9.30am-2.30pm
(There will be breaks for lunch and afternoon tea).
Cost: $445
Including: 8 week online course, Teaching Manual, lesson plans and ongoing support.
Payment plans available.
Register for this course Today and get immediate access to the 8 week online component to start practicing today using easy-to follow guided meditations.
WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THIS COURSE?
Make a Booking & Receive The Online Component Today!
Pay securely via credit card or invoice. Payment plans are available.
After the 2 day training you will receive more than 30 resources to expand on all aspects of Mindfulness; manuals, articles, white papers, videos and posters to assist you in your efforts to guide mindfulness effectively. A certificate will also be issued after completion.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Rita Riccola is one of New Zealand’s leading mindfulness trainers. She is the author of the book “The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance”. Hundreds of individuals including school teachers, life coaches, psychologists and counselors in both New Zealand and Australia has taken her 2 day mindfulness facilitation course to date. She have provided staff training for numerous schools across New Zealand to help integrate mindfulness practice to the curriculum. She is a former teacher and a trained mindfulness teacher with 30 yrs experience who has completed courses with Mindful Schools USA and attended many Mindfulness retreats. These courses are designed to meet the growing need in all sectors to offer Mindfulness training.
“This Course Exceeded My Expectations”.Angela B Psychologist, Auckland
ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS COURSE
experiential. To be able to teach mindfulness you need to understand how
it works from the inside out. Teaching mindfulness is more about guiding
people to their own mindfulness practice. It’s about co-creating an
environment where mindfulness can ‘happen’
Course Content
- What is Mindfulness?
- How does it work?
Evidence-based research results
and the neuroscience. - Why Teach Mindfulness to Students and Children.
- Breathing Exercise 1 and 2
- Guided Body Scan
- The STOP Method
- How to build a MIndfulness Lesson
- Tools & Resources
- How to identifying patterns of thinking and reacting that keep us trapped.
- Practical ways to work with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions.
- Turning boredom and restlessness into curiosity
- Mindful Listening-expanded awareness.
- The ‘Mountain meditation’
- Training Session – Teaching Mindfulness
- Questions and Answers, feedback/personal Enquiry into your own experience
Who is the course for?
What Participants Say
“What I liked best about the 2 day training was the relaxed, knowledgeable approach to Mindfulness”.
-Laura, Melbourne
“I liked the pace, experiential learning and the facilitators sharing her experience”
Alison, Sydney
“I’ve learnt valuable human, approachable ways to bring Mindfulness to my school and my own life”
Peter, Sydney
“ I’ve learnt that you can choose to change. The interaction between participants was especially valuable”
– Jen, Sydney
“Rita is a fabulous facilitator – she made us feel extremely comfortable, was open minded and encouraged us all to share from our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. I came away with many very practical, easy to use exercises that I have since been using with with my classes of various ages. Thank you Rita for gifting me such a wonderful and enjoyable afternoon of learning”.
-Louise Dore, Auckland
“I found Rita’s expert and gentle facilitating a wonderful way to explore mindfulness personally, whilst also guiding me to share mindfulness with others”.
-Suzanne Henwood, Auckland
“The Mindfulness Teacher Training 2 day workshop delivered some excellent material and provided participants with some definitive tools to enable them to develop their own teaching programs around. Rita’s knowledge and inclusive manner of facilitating made for an enjoyable experience”.
-Errol Alison, Wellington
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MINDFULNESS?
Mindfulness is a natural state of being human yet in our increasingly distracting
and fragmented world we now ‘teach’ mindfulness to re-empower
people with their own natural ability to restore the fragmented mind
to a state of wholeness and presence and to come in contact with the
calmness and stillness beneath the often, over-burdened mind.
“I had the pleasure of studying with Mindfulness in Australia and completed their 8 weeks Mindfulness Facilitator Training certification including the 2 day live workshop.
Having studied several mindfulness courses I was looking for something more comprehensive, I must say this was the best training I have done this far. The course content was clear, concise and leading edge. Rita as a facilitator is approachable and knowledgeable. The sheer amount of resources provided with the course sets you up for success and has been a huge asset to my business”.Sarah Akil Managing Director - Crystal Clear Wellness Co
STOP NEGATIVE SELF-TALK
It’s taken a long time to become the person you are with all the usual flaws and conditioned behaviours and reactions, but, please be easy with yourself.
Negative thoughts are toxic. What worse is is that those, especially, self-critical thoughts of not being good enough, not measuring up etc. mostly goes on ‘under the radar’ where we don’t recognise them. They are like an invisible automatic response in the brain that get triggered in different situations. When this negative self-talk goes on undetected it can bring about low self-esteem, feelings of ‘being a failure’. Over time, those habitual negative thoughts can lead to emotional distress, anxiety and depression.
Opposite to everything the world tries to tell us, we don’t need to add anything to ourselves. We are whole and complete as we are. For too long, we have been conditioned to believe we are less than whole and need to add something to be better.
With Mindfulness training you are not adding to your knowledge in the traditional sense – you are in fact removing some of the mental clutter that is holding you back from being naturally mindful and in a state of equilibrium.
Through these easy-to-do practises you will train the mind to be more present in the moment. resulting in it to be less anxious, more alert and alive.
When you have had enough unhappiness and begin to recognise it’s our thoughts and often an inability to accept life, as it is, that causes so much unnecessary suffering, our thoughts, especially the negative ones, are the root cause of suffering.
When we put the spotlight of awareness on thoughts and patterns of reactivity and recognise that we have a choice of where we put our attention as well as knowing we can shift attention, especially when trapped in negative self-talk, this becomes the doorway to inner freedom.
WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS TRAINING?
Whether you just want to be more present in your own daily life and maybe share these techniques with the people closest to you, which is wonderful, or you are looking at starting a new career, both these options are possible with this training. There are innumerable applications of the material and knowledge you receive from this course, you will be able to create your own program to run, for example:
» One-to-one sessions to reduce stress and anxiety for your existing or new clients
» A wellness strategy in the workplace for both staff and management
» Daily short sessions to improve attention and focus in the classroom for students of all ages
» Group sessions to help improve wellbeing in nursing homes or mental health facilities
» Teenage groups for better self awareness and emotional regulation
» Public mindfulness classes for general relaxation and wellbeing
» Emotional intelligence programs for children at home or in preschool and much more.
What’s possible with regular mindfulness practice is living a life of purpose as well as experiencing life more vibrantly. With this training you are able to share this with others as well.
Why Mindfulness?
Evidence based results from around the world continue to show that the regular practise of Mindfulness has ongoing benefits for physical and mental health. Research over the past few decades has found that Mindfulness training helps to;
Relieve Anxiety & Stress
In our fast paced lives, where we rush from one demand to another, there is very little time or space to stop and pause. Mindfulness offer the tools needed to connect with our inner intelligence, where we can access natural calmness beneath the busy minds.
Let go of Anger & Frustration
Coming in contact with your direct experience in the mindful state allows us to become familiar with the patterns that direct our lives; our thoughts, emotions and reactions.
OVERCOME WORRYING
& NEGATIVE THINKING
Pain is an inevitable part of being human but suffering is optional. In Mindfulness we learn how to manage our thoughts and emotions instead of letting emotions and thoughts manage us.
STOP INNER CHATTER
Aimless thinking and inner chatter is draining our energy and clouding over the present moment. One of the most common benefits from regular Mindfulness training is greater mental clarity and a new sense of inner peace.
Have Better Sleep
To be able stop incessant thinking and worrying is one of the great benefits of Mindfulness and it makes it easier to sleep in and have unbroken sleep throughout the night.
STOP LIVING IN THE PAST
Mindfulness practices increasingly bring you more into the present with the growing awareness that going over the past keeps you stuck in the past.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mindfulness is a way of noticing where your attention is in the present moment without judging it good or bad. It’s about not wandering off into an imagined future or going over the past but fully engaging right here right now.
Through guided, simple easy-to-do practisies you are training the mind to be more present in the moment. resulting in it to be less anxious, more alert and alive.
- Who over-thinks
- Thinks anxiously as a regular behavior.
- Stressed people
- People who engage in constant negative self-talk
- People who can’t sleep because of incessant inner chatter
- People who operate on ‘auto-pilot’ and are always ‘on’..
NON RELIGIOUS
There is no religion, dogma or beliefs attached to Mindfulness. Mindfulness has it’s roots in many contemplative practices but doesn’t require or impose on anyones belief systems. It’s a mental activity that has proven to be of great benefit for maintaining physical, mental and emotional balance.
Evidence Based
The many benefits of Mindfulness have been well documented especially in the past 30 years since Jon Kabat-Zinn established the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programme that has led to the wide-spread, evidence based research and the acceptance of these non-religious, practical exercises anyone can do.
MINDFULNESS FOR EVERYONE
Mindfulness practice doesn’t require any preparation or beforehand knowledge about meditation. Anyone can experience the effect from these simple exercises.